1. Where do the Cheyenne Indians live? (Tell geographic region by looking at a map.)
South Dakota, Wyoming ,Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas
Source: http://www.bigorrin.org/cheyenne_kids.htm
2. How was the Cheyenne Indian nation organized? (government)
Now, each tribe has thier own goverment, laws, police, and services. They used to have a council of 44 chiefs, and they all had to agree on something before it was decided.
Source: http://www.bigorrin.org/cheyenne_kids.htm
3. What were Cheyenne homes like?
bark-covered wigwams then in earth lodges moved south, in the 1700's they lived in tipis
Source: A Dictionary of Native American Tribes by Evelyn Wolfson; p. 48.
4. What was Cheyenne clothing like?
The Cheyenne men wore leggings, buckskin breechcloths, moccasins, and shirts. the women wore one-piece dresses and moccasins decorated with quills. THey had robes of buffalo skin in cold weather.
Source:A Dictionary of Native American Tribes by Evelyn Wolfson; p. 47
5. What was Cheyenne food like in the days before supermarkets?
they ate the buffalo they hunted. Many groups ate squash, beans, corn, gathered wild rice and sunflower seeds.
Source:Mounds, Towns and Totems: by Robert Myron; p. 99
8. What were some other interesting things about your tribe?
made lots of stuff with porcupine quills, shirts and bags and boxes
Source: http://www.native-languages.org/quillwork.htm
South Dakota, Wyoming ,Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas
Source: http://www.bigorrin.org/cheyenne_kids.htm
2. How was the Cheyenne Indian nation organized? (government)
Now, each tribe has thier own goverment, laws, police, and services. They used to have a council of 44 chiefs, and they all had to agree on something before it was decided.
Source: http://www.bigorrin.org/cheyenne_kids.htm
3. What were Cheyenne homes like?
bark-covered wigwams then in earth lodges moved south, in the 1700's they lived in tipis
Source: A Dictionary of Native American Tribes by Evelyn Wolfson; p. 48.
4. What was Cheyenne clothing like?
The Cheyenne men wore leggings, buckskin breechcloths, moccasins, and shirts. the women wore one-piece dresses and moccasins decorated with quills. THey had robes of buffalo skin in cold weather.
Source:A Dictionary of Native American Tribes by Evelyn Wolfson; p. 47
5. What was Cheyenne food like in the days before supermarkets?
they ate the buffalo they hunted. Many groups ate squash, beans, corn, gathered wild rice and sunflower seeds.
Source:Mounds, Towns and Totems: by Robert Myron; p. 99
6. What were some Cheyenne weapons and artifacts?
The Cheyenne used bows, arrows, war culb
Source: http://www.bigorrin.org/cheyenne_kids.htm
7. What was Cheyenne religion?
They believed in a lot of different gods. One was Wise One Above. Sun Dance Ritual
Source: http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/nam/cheyen.html
8. What were some other interesting things about your tribe?
made lots of stuff with porcupine quills, shirts and bags and boxes
Source: http://www.native-languages.org/quillwork.htm